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The Price of Progression by The Toll
The Price of Progression is an album by The Toll, released in 1988. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 7 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Stand In Winter”, on 7 lists with a best position of #1075.
The Price of Progression, the Toll's 1988 debut, is Columbus, Ohio rock with its sleeves rolled up and its heart on a soapbox. Geffen signed the band off the back of a single live show and paired them with Steve Thompson and Michael Barbiero, the engineers behind Guns N' Roses' Appetite for Destruction, as producers. Brad Circone sings and orates, Rick Silk's guitar broods and flares, and Greg Bartram and Brett Mayo keep the ground moving under them.
Their trademark was the spoken narrative dropped into the middle of a song, and lead single "Jonathan Toledo" stretched past ten minutes, yet MTV played it, 120 Minutes included; for a while only Michael Jackson had run a longer video on the channel. Critics balked at the drama, the Washington Post calling it feverish and overwrought, and "Soldier's Room" went nowhere. "Stand In Winter" is where the brooding pays off.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from The Price of Progression on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stand In Winter | 7 | #1075 | – | 1999–2005 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.